Hannah knocked furiously on
Daniel's room door, until he opened it.
"What do you want? You've been knocking for hours!"
"Is she here?"
"Wha-"
"Is the BITCH here?!"
"No!"
Hannah marched in. "Come in, why don't you?" Daniel
said sarcastically.
"Thanks." Hannah sat on the sofa and made herself
comfy. "I want to talk to you - why are you doing
this?"
"What?"
"Marrying Natalie?"
"Well, you're marrying CHRIS!"
"That's COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!" Hannah screamed. "Anyway, since
you're being such a stubborn awkward bastard, I'm going to move
on to a different topic of conversation. That is-" Hannah
paused for dramatic effect. Unfortunately she paused a little too
long so that Daniel got bored and started to pour himself a
drink. "-I don't want to get married with you guys –
I'm pulling out of the double wedding." Hannah smiled.
"Good."
"WHAT?"
"Good." Daniel repeated. "I was hoping that
would be the case anyway."
"YOU BASTARD!" Hannah screamed. "I try my HARDEST
to please you, ensnare you, make you jealous…YOU'RE SUCH
A…SUCH A…A…BITCH!" She stormed
out and down the corridor, leaving Daniel laughing, then she
stormed back and slammed the door behind her. She met Jess and her hobbit
entourage coming around the corner.
"How did it go?" Asked Dom. Hannah punched him.
"Oi! Stop beating up my dad!" Jess moaned.
"It went crap. He doesn't even care that I've
pulled out of the double wedding." Hannah sighed. "At
this rate I'll actually have to marry Chris in order to
make Daniel jealous…and then it'll be too late!"
"You're so conniving!" Jess said in disbelief.
"I JUST WANT MY MAN!" Hannah cried, clutching onto
Sean, who was nearest.
"Hands off him! He's taken!" Jess screeched. There was
a silence. "Um…by his WIFE, of course."
"What am I gonna do?" Hannah whinged.
"You could go get some feelings for Chris –
QUICK." Jess suggested.
"Nah, that's not what I had in mind." Hannah said,
pulling herself together.
"What IS?" Asked Jess.
"A simple trick of…" Hannah winked at the guys.
"Seduction."
Daniel, tired of waiting
for Hannah in the old meeting place of the hotel roof, was about
to leave when he heard someone coming up the stairs.
"Hello?"
"HelLO."
"Who's that?"
"It's me, H-" Hannah stopped when she realised that
Daniel was being sarcastic. "Hey hey." Hannah
grinned.
"What did you want?"
"Well…" Hannah knew what she wanted.
"You."
"What?"
"Nothing."
There was silence for a while as Hannah tried to inconspicuously
get her stiletto heel out of the drain it was stuck in.
"Do you need some help with that?"
"No. Shut up, Daniel." Hannah ran over to Daniel –
she'd lost precious time. "Who would you rather marry,
Daniel? A vegan or a meat-eater?"
"Depends on the meat-eater."
Hannah scowled. He was being as she feared – difficult.
"Ok, who would you rather marry – someone who's willing
to live wherever you want or someone who wants to live in
England?"
"Natalie's willing to live wherever I want." Daniel
exclaimed.
"BOLLOCKS!" Hannah
paced the floor before heading back down the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Daniel asked, not really caring.
"Back to my room – I've got a naughty nurses outfit in
there somewhere…"
"Hannah, you're NOT going to seduce me."
"I AM. You're not being PARTICULARLY receptive at the
moment, I'll admit, but you'll crack in time…"
"NO, I WON'T. Give it up, Hannah. I'm
marrying Natalie and YOU'RE marrying Chris."
"I don't want to marry Chris, I want to marry YOU!"
Hannah screamed.
"What was that?" Chris' head appeared up the stairs.
"Nothing, darling, I'm just having a word with Daniel."
Hannah said, smiling sweetly. Chris shrugged and his head
disappeared.
"If you don't want to marry Chris, then why are you?"
Asked Daniel.
"To make you jealous, DUH." Hannah said, rolling
her eyes.
"Well…that's horrible! You're using my best
friend!"
"It's all for your own benefit!" Hannah shouted at him.
"It's not my fault that Chris is so gullible!"
"What?" Chris' head reappeared.
"NOTHING, sweetheart." Hannah said with a forced
smile, waiting for Chris to go.
"Look, if you don't want to marry Chris, then don't.
There's no point trying to make me jealous, because it won't
work!"
"If I don't marry Chris will you not marry Natalie?!"
There was a silence.
"I'm not making any promises."
"Then neither am I!" Hannah yelled, turning on her
heel, which promptly snapped off. Hannah stumbled and fell, and
Daniel lunged forward to catch her.
There was a cheesy, romantic silence.
"Don't marry him." Said Daniel.
"What will he say?" Asked Hannah breathlessly.
"What?" Chris' head appeared AGAIN.
"JUST PISS OFF!" Hannah hobbled over in her broken
heels, and stamped on Chris' head, forcing it back down the
stairs. She nipped back over to Daniel.
"It's 3 days. Just don't do it." Daniel walked past her
and started down the stairs.
"Oi…oi! Come back! We haven't finished cuddling
yet!"
� Jess and Hannah 2002